I’ve been playing around with Google+ over the last few days. It hasn’t reached a critical mass that would allow me to compare it to Facebook and I’m not sure it offers anything that will persuade your Aunt Ruth to switch. But the clean interface reminds me of Facebook’s early days before the plague of Farmville and Mafia Wars updates. I can’t imagine that Google+ will continue to exist in isolation from Facebook or Twitter, but its ability to separate people into social circles may make it the preferred network for more collaborative activities and more discrete sharing. I’m also curious to try the video chat feature, but that will have to wait until I have a webcam. And a webcam will have to wait until I’m employed again.
If you’d like an invite to Google+, let me know and I’ll do my best to hook you up.
